# Setting \_x and\_y pos for text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting--x-and-y-pos-for-text/118053>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 2, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting--x-and-y-pos-for-text/118053 "2004-08-02T12:34:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![ViNc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b487fb/32.png) [@ViNc3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ViNc3)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting--x-and-y-pos-for-text/118053/1 "2004-08-02T12:34:48Z")

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Just wondering, is it true that I cannot set the position of a dynamic text using AS? And that I have to convert it into a movie clip first?

just double checking 🙂

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**Author:** ![kode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@kode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kode)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting--x-and-y-pos-for-text/118053/2 "2004-08-02T13:49:31Z")

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No, that’s not true. You can also set the x and y coordinates for the text field through the [font=courier new]\_x[/font]/[font=courier new]\_y[/font] properties. 😉

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**Author:** ![ViNc3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b487fb/32.png) [@ViNc3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ViNc3)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting--x-and-y-pos-for-text/118053/3 "2004-08-03T06:22:45Z")

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that’s weird…it didn’t work before…o well, i’ll try again 👁